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"No one makes me laugh harder than Judy Gold. If I had to pick one comedian to write a book about free speech, it would be Judy. - Amy Schumer From award-winning comedian Judy Gold, an equal parts thoughtful and hilarious polemic on the current efforts to censor comedians, arguing that they undermine the art--and purpose--of comedy itself. ""You can say anything that comes to mind as long as it is funny."" -- Richard Pryor The fallout after Michelle Wolf's roast at the 2018 White House Correspondent's Dinner, Samantha Bee's forced apology after calling Ivanka Trump a ""feckless c*nt,"" Kathy Griffin's being ""blacklisted"" from Hollywood after posting a photo with what looked like the president's severed head, all represent a dangerous and growing trend--to censor comedians. In Yes I Can Say That, comedy veteran Judy Gold argues that no one has the right to tell comics what they can or cannot joke about.... Laughter is a unifier. It's the best medicine. It's also the most palatable way to bring up seditious, subversive topics."" For Gold, nothing is more insidious than enforcing silence and repressing jokes--the job of a comedian is to expose society's demons, and confront them head-on, no prisoners allowed. In ten impassioned polemics, she frames comedy as a tool of empowerment, a way to reclaim hateful rhetoric and battle the democracy-crushing plight of censorship. Uninhibited and bold, Gold is as skilled at making readers laugh as she is at exposing uncomfortable truths about our culture and society. In this era of partisan politics and gaping inequalities, Yes I Can Say That is the refreshingly candid, wickedly funny and deliciously blunt manifesto we need."

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Highly entertaining. -- New York Times on The Judy Gold Show: My Life as a Sitcom

"""Gold's years of blazing free-speech trails serve her well in this thoughtful, funny book."" -- ""Jon Stewart, comedian, producer, and television host"" ""Gold's defense of comedy, filled with great jokes and stories of censored comics, is a reminder that freedom of speech is no laughing matter."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"""

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Judy Gold is an American standup comedian, actress, television writer, and producer. She won two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and producer on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and has starred in comedy specials on HBO, Comedy Central, and Logo. She has also written and starred in two critically acclaimed, Off-Broadway hit shows: The Judy Show--My Life as a Sitcom and 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother. She is currently the host of the hit podcast Kill Me Now.

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